Tie-tamping machine.



G. F. WEISS.

TIE TAMPING MACHINE; APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1916,

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GEORGE F. WEISS, 0F SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOE 0F ONE-HALF T0 FRANK M.

IVIGGOWAN AND ROY M.

SEELEY, BOTH OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

TIE-TAMPING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonen F. Wnrss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tie-Tamping Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for tamping dirt or ballast under and against rail-road ties.

The purposes of the invention are: to provide in connection with a car adapted to-be propelled on a rail-road track, reciprocating tamping means actuated by a motor on the car and adapted to simultaneously tamp the ballastunder and against both sides of the ties and likewise especially adapted to tamp the ballast under and against those parts of the ties which are immediately under the rails, the tamping being done simultaneously in four different directions namely, from both sides of the tie and from both sides of the rail; to provide means for convenient and efi'ective control of the tamper-s when in use; to provide means for putting the tainpers out of commission; to provide means for raisin the tam aers and su 3 aortin them in their raised position when not in use; to provide tampers having relatively slow upward movement and accelerated downward movement, to utilize the full percussive force of the tampers; to providea machine comprising a plurality of sets of tampers operable separately or jointly; to provide means for propelling the car by the same motor that actuates the tampers; and to details of construction hereinafter set forth.

"With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts shown in the an neXed drawings to which reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented July 3, 1917. Serial No. 129,091.

Fig. i is a vertical transverse section on the of Fig. .1; Fig. 5 is a broken vertical section on the line Y. Y. of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is an enlarged partial elevation of the left-hand tamper frame and appurtenances, as viewed from the center of the machine looking toward the left; Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of a part of one tamper frame, a cradle mounted thereon, and means for oscillating the cradle; Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section on the line Z. Z. of Fig. 7 looking upward; Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section on the line W. W. of Fig. 7 looking downward; F ig. 10 is a broken vertical section on the line V. V. of Fig. 7 Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively an enlarged top plan and an enlarged rear elevation of the main drive shafts and gears; and Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail of the means connecting the wiper shafts with the lifter-bars.

Similar reference characters designate like parts in the different views.

The main frame 1 is preferably of angle bar. The axles 2 are suitably connected with the frame 1. The supporting Wheels 3 are loose on the axles, and are gaged to run on the rails of the track. Platforms 4, one at each end of the machine accommodate the operator. Standards 5, 6, and 7 (Figs. 1, 1, 11, and 12) and bearing blocks 8, 9, 10, and 12 are stationary on the main frame.

A shaft 13 is mounted to rotate in suitable bearings on the standards 5 and 6. A similar shaft 141 is mounted to rotate in su1t able bearings on the standards 6 and 7.

Intermeshing gear wheels 17 and 18 are secured on the shafts 13 and 14 respectively.

clutch-member 19 is adapted to slide on the shaft 13. A sprocket wheel 20, loose on the shaft 13, has a clutclrmember 21 adapted to be engaged by the clutch-member 19 to cause the sprocket wheel to rotate with the shaft. The sprocket wheel 20, is connected to actuate one of the wiper shafts as hereinafter described.

A sprocket wheel 22 is secured on the shaft 14. Clutch-members 23 and 2a are adapted to slide on the shaft 14. A sprocket wheel 25, loose on the shaft 14, has a clutchmember 26 adapted to be engaged by the clutch-member 2-3. A sprocket Wheel 27,

loose on the shaft 1 1, has a clutch-member 28 adapted to be engaged by the clutch-member 24. The sprocket wheel 25 is connected to actuate one wiper shaft as hereinafter described.

The shaft 15 rotates in the bearing blocks 8 and 9. Sprocket wheels 29 and 30 are secured on the shaft 15. The motor 31, preferably a gasolene engine, is suitably located on the main frame. A sprocket chain 33 connects the sprocket wheel 32 on the motor shaft with the Wheel 29 on the shaft 15. A sprocket chain 3% connects the sprocket wheel 30 with the sprocket wheel 22- so that the shaft 15 drives the shaft 1 1 at a reduced speed. The shaft 1& is connected to actuate oneset of tampers and the shaft 13 is connected to actuate the other set of tampers. The gear 18 on the shaft 14: meshes with the gear 17 on the shaft 13 to cause the shafts to rotate in opposite directions.

The shaft 16 rotates in the bearing blocks 10 and 12. Sprocket wheels 35 and 36 are secured on the shaft 16. A sprocket wheel 37 is connected with the hub of one of the wheels 3. A sprocket chain 38 connects the wheels 27 and 35 so that the shaft 1 f drives the shaft 16 at a reduced speed, and a sprocket chain 39 connects the wheels 36 and 37 so that the shaft 16 drives the connected wheel 3 at reduced speed.

The clutch-members 19 and 23 are effective to control the operation of the wiper shafts and the clutch-member 24: is effective to control the operation of the car-propelling means. The construction described admits of operating the tampers at a relatively high speed but less than the speed of the motor, and propelling the car at a relatively slow speed and starting or stopping the car as may be expedient.

There are two movable tamper frames 51, one near each end of the machine. Each tamper frame is equipped with means for varying the inclination of the frame relative to the track being operated upon, and is,

equipped with a plurality of reciprocating tempers, means for actuating the tampers and means for changing the position of the campers relative to the ties and relative to the rails. Both tamper frames are alike, and on both frames the tampers are alike, the means for actuating the tampers are alike, and the means for adjusting the tampers with respect to the ties and the rails are alike, it is therefore necessary to describe only one tamper frame and appurtenances.

Parallel vertical side frames 10 (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) of approximately arch-shape, are rigid on the main frame. Parallel vertical bars 41 central with respect to the side frames 10 are rigidly secured on the frames. Arch-shape lifter bars 42 turn on pivots 913 on the vertical bars 41.

The axis of one pair of pivots A3 is in line tamper frame give with the axis of the shaft 13 and the axis of the other pair of pivots 4:3 is in line with the axis of the shaft 14:. This relation of the parts serves to prevent slack in the sprocket chains which drive the wiper shafts.

Levers 4A are rigidly connected with the lifter'bars 42 and are equipped with dogs 4:5 adapted to engage in notches A6 in the frames 10. Springs 47 surround the levers l4 and act to normally hold the dogs in the notches. Bearing blocks 18 are secured on the lifter .bars 12. The lifter bars A) have arched parts 12 which permit the tamper frames, which projectbeyondthe lifterbars, .to move under the arches when they are manipulated by the handlebar 68 to assume different positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Each lifter bar 4:2 is capable of movement independently of the other lifter bars. The wiper shafts 4L9 are mounted on the pairs of lifter barsrespectively. It is at times desirable to change the position of the lifter bars ,while the tampers are in operation and to effect this it is necessary .to providemeans pivotally connecting the shafts 49 with the lifter bars 42 so that if one lifter bar be at rest and'the other lifter bar of thesame pair be raised or lowered, the boxes in which the wiper shaft turns will automatically adjust themselves to the changed position vof the 4-9. A sprocket chain 7'? connects the wheels 20 and 76 so that the wheel 21 actuates the wiper shaft. A sprocket wheel 76 is sta-' .tionary on the shaft 49. A sprocket chain 77 connects the wheels 25 and 7 6 so that the wheel 25 actuatesthe shaft 41-9.

The rectangular tamper frames 51. are preferably of angle iron.

Brackets 52 secured on the tamper frame turn on the wiper shaft and connect the tamper frame with the shaft so that it may turn on the shaft to change the inclination of the tamper bars relative to the ties.

Inclined braces 53 (Figs. 3 and 7) rigidly connected with the horizontal rails of the rigidity to the frame. is mounted on an oscilwill now be described.

Each tamper bar lative cradle which The cradles and the tamper bars mounted.

thereon are all alike so it is necessary to describe only one cradle and one tamper bar.

The cradle comprises two parallel angle bars 51 pivotally connected with the lower rail of the tamper frame and an upper transverse guide-block-support 55 having its ends rigidly connected with the bars 5% respectively.

A guide block 56 is mounted to oscillate in the upper guide support 55,

A similar guide-block-support 57 (Fig. 9) is rigidly connected with the lower rail of the tamper frame. A guide block 58 is mounted to oscillate in the lower guideblock-support 57.

The tubular tamper bar 59 slides the guide blocks 56 and 58.

A plate 60 rigidly connected with the freely in angle bars guide the movement of the plate and the tamper bar with which it is connected. Inside of the tamper bar is a coiled spring (Fig. 10) which has one end connected with the the downward in the guides.

A plurality of wipers are secured on each wiper shaft. There is one wiper for each tamper bar. Each wiper comprises a hub 62 and a plurality of radial arms 63. TV hen the wiper shaft is rotated the arms 63 will successively engage on the underside of the plate 60 with which it coiiperates, to move it upward to cause upward sliding of the tamper bar, and each time that a radial arm lifts the plate and passes it, the spring 65 in the tamper bar will act to slide the tamper bar quickly downward.

0 reduce friction and avoid unnecessary wear on the plate 60 each radial arm has at its outer end a little roller 63 contacting with the lower surface of the plate.

It is obvious that at each rotation of a three-arm wiper, the tamper bar will be lifted and dropped three times. I prefer to use three radial arms for each wiper but a greater or less number of arms may be used.

Shoes 64: are secured'at the lower ends of the tamper bars respectively. The shoes of the tamper bars adjacent to each side of the rails have a part cut away so that when the tamper bars are inclined under the rails as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the tamper bars may be raised without the shoes catching on the base of the rails. The means for inclining the tamper bars under the rails is a feature of great practical value, because it is important that the ballast shall be well compacted immediately below the rails and the construction disclosed is particularly effective for that purpose.

The means for raising or lowering the tamper frames and varying the inclination of the tampers relative to the ties, and the means for effecting the inclination of the tampers with respect to .the rails will now be described.

Parallel bars 66 and 66' with the lower rail of the tamper frame by pivots 67 and 67 respectively. A handle are connected bar 68 has its ends pivotally connected with the upper ends of the bars 66 and 66 re spectively. Connecting ally connected with the spective guide blocks 56 tampers on one side of bar. Similar connecting rods 69' are pivotally connected with the bar 66 and the respective guide blocks 56 of the first pair of tampers on the other side of the central tamper bar, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. If the handle bar 68 be s ifted to the left the connecting rods 69 and 69 will cause the tampers of both pairs to swing to the right and if the handle bar 68 be shifted to the right (Fig. 3) the connecting rods 69 and 69 will cause the tampers of both pairs to swing to the left.

The handle bar 68 may also be used to cause the tamper frame to turn 011 the wiper shaft, to vary the inclination of the tamper bars with respect to the ties, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Five tampers, that is to say, the central tamper and a pair of tampers on each side thereof are effective to operate between the rails, these tampers all swing in unison to the right or left as the case may be and all operate in unison.

An intermediate bar 70 (Fig. 6) has its ends pivotally connected with the bars 66 and 66 respectively.

Fixed projecting pins 71, one on each side of the guide block 56 of the central tamper bar 59, engage the block to cause the upper end of the central cradle to swing to the left when the bar 70 is shifted to the left and reversely to cause the upper end of the central cradle to swing to the right when the bar is shifted to the right.

A lever 72 is connected with the lower rail of the tamper frame by a pivot 73.

The pair of tamper bars 59 which operate outside of the left-hand rail are connected by a bar 74 having its ends pivotally connected with the guide blocks 56 respectively, and the pair of tampers which operate on the outside of the right-hand rail are connected by a bar 7a which has its ends pivotally connected with the guide blocks 56 of that air.

p A connecting rod 7 5 connects the lever 72 with the bar 7a and a similar connecting rod 7 5' connects the lever 72 with the bar 74.

If the upper end of the lever 72 be moved to the left the lower part of the left-hand pair of tampers will be caused to incline toward the left-hand rail and if the upper end of the lever be moved to the right the pair of tampers on the outside of the righthand rail will be caused to incline toward the right-hand rail.

At the beginning of the operation of tamping the ballast under the ties, the tampers must descend a greater distance than rods 69 are pivotbar 66 and the re of the first pair of the central tamper when operating nearthe-top of the ties. It

. is therefore necessary to provide means to adjust the tamper frames to suit the condition of the work. The vertical adjustment of the tamper frame is effected by the levers 4 1 which raise or lower the lifter bars 42. If the tampers are to operate at the greatest depth, the levers 1 1 will be set with the dogs 15 in the lowest notch 416 and if the tampers are to operate at a less depth the levers will be raised as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and set so that the dogs will enter a higher notch. The lifter frames 42 may be raised a notch at a time until they reach the highest position.

Each tamper frame supports a plurality of tamper bars, the tamper bars on one frame constituting one set and the tamper bars on the other frame constituting another set. The sets of tamper bars may be operated separately or together. V The means controlling the operation of the sets of tamper bars and the means con trolling the propelling of the machine will now be described.

Horizontal levers 80, 83, and 86 (Fig. 1) are mounted to oscillate on fixed pivots 81, 84, and 87, respectively, and the inner ends of the levers respectively are connected with the upper ends of vertical levers 82, S5, and 88, (Figs. 4, 11, and 12), mounted to oscillate on suitable stationary supports and having at their lower ends forks fitting in the grooves around the clutch-members 24, 23 and 19 respectively. If the outer end of the lever be moved to the right, the clutch-member 24L will be caused to slide to the left into engagement with the clutchmember 28 to cause the wheel 27 to rotate and drive the shaft 16, to cause the wheel 36 to drive the wheel 37 to propel the car, and reverse movement of the outer end of the lever will disengage the clutch-members and'cause the car to stop.

If the outer end of the lever 83 be moved to the left, the lever will cause the clutchmember 23 to slide on the shaft 14 into engagement with the clutch-member 26 of the wheel 25 to cause the wheel to rotate and actuate the right-hand set of tampers.

The moving of the outer end of the lever 86 to the right will cause the clutch-member 19 to slide into engagement with the clutchmember 21 of the wheel 20 to cause thewheel to rotate to actuate the left-hand set of tampers. 7

When both sets of tampers are in use, two operators, one at each end of the machine will control the operation of the machine. The operators will use the handle bar 68 to control the inclination of the tamper bars relative to the ties; and will use the levers 72 and the handle bars 68 to control the in clination of the tamper bars relative to the rails; and will use the levers 4 1 to raise or lower the lifter bars to vary the depth of operation of the tampers, or to raise them entirely above'the track when it'is desired to propel the machine on the track.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a tamper frame disposed above and transverse to the rail of a rail way track; tampersmounted on the-tamper frame and inclinable in the longitudinal direction of the track and also inclinable in a direction transverse to the track and effective to tamp on both sides of the rail; and means for inclining toward each other the tampers on the opposite sides of the rail.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of tamper frames positioned above a tie and the rails of a railway track; and tamper bars effective to tamp on both sides of the tie and inclinable toward each other transversely of the track to tamp both sides of the rails.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of tamper frames positioned above a tie and the rails of a railway track; tamper bars mounted on saidtamper frames respectively and effective to tamp on both sides of the tie and both sides of the rails; means for inclining the tamper bars on both tamper frames toward the tie; and means for inclining under the rails the two tamper bars adjacent to each rail.

4:. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a tamper frame comprising parallel rails and brace rods rigidly connecting said rails; guide bars pivotally connected with one rail of the tamper frame; a first guide support pivotally connected with said guide bars; a second guide support stationary on one rail of the tamper frame; guide blocks pivotally mounted on the guide supports; a connecting rod pivotally con nected with one of said guide blocks; and means for reciprocating said connecting rod.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a car; a first rotative drive shaft mounted on the car; a second rotative drive shaft mounted on the car and parallel to said first drive shaft; a sprocket wheel on said first drive shaft; a sprocket wheel on said second drive shaft; side frames mounted on the car; a first pair of lifter arms pivotally connected with the side frames in line with the'first drive shaft; a first driven shaft mounted on said first pair of arms; a sprocket wheelon said first driven shaft; a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket wheel on the first drive shaft with the sprocket wheel on the first driven shaft; a second pair of lifter arms pivotally conneoted with the side frames in line with the second drive shaft; a second driven shaft mounted on said second pair of lifter arms;

' the combination of stationary side a sprocket wheel on said second driven shaft; a sprocket wheel on said second drive shaft; and a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket wheel on the second drive shaft with the sprocket wheel on the second driven shaft, all co-acting to rotate the driven shafts during the raising or lowering of the lifter frame.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a main frame; a pair of drive shafts mounted on the main frame; a pair of arched lifter bars pivoted in line with one drive shaft; another pair of lifter bars pivoted in line with the other drive shaft; means for supporting the raised lifter bars at diflerent heights above the main frame; tamper frames adapted to oscillate in the arches of the lifter bars; guides on the tamper frames; and tamper bars adapted to slide in said guides.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, frames; lifter bars pivotally connected with the side frames; bearing blocks stationary on the lifter bars; boxes pivotally connected with the bearing blocks; wiper shafts adapted to rotate in said boxes; wipers on the wiper shafts; and tamper bars adapted to be actuated by said wipers.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a supporting structure; a pair of arched-lifter bars pivotally connected with the supporting structure; a revoluble shaft mounted on said pair of lifter bars; and a tamper frame mounted on said shaft and adapted to oscillate under the arches of said lifter bars.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a supporting structure; a pair of arched lifter bars pivotally mounted on the supporting structure; swiveled bearing blocks on said lifter bars; a rotative shaft mounted in said bearing blocks; a tamper frame mounted to oscillate on said shaft; and means for changing the position of the tamper frame relative to the lifter bars. 7

10. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a supporting structure; two lifter bars pivotally connected with the supporting structure and capable of inclependent movement; a rotative shaft mounted on and having swivel connections with said lifter bars; a tamper frame supported on said shaft; and tampers on said tamper frame.

11. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a supporting structure; lifter bars pivotally connected with the supporting structure; means for supporting said lifter bars in different positions on said structure; a rotative shaft mounted onthe lifter bars; a lifter frame oscillative on said shaft; tamper bars mounted to slide and oscillate in said tamper frame; and means osclllate in the lower controlling the oscillation of the tamper frame on said shaft and the oscillation of the tamper bars on said frame.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, a tamper frame and appurtenances, comprising parallel upper and lower rails; stationary brace bars connecting said rails; guide bars pivotally connected with the lower rail; an upper guide support pivotally connected with said guide rails; a lower guide support stationary on the lower rail; an upper guide block mounted to oscillate in the upper guide support; a lower guide block mounted to oscillate in the lower guide support; and a tamper bar adapted to slide in said upper and lower guide blocks.

1 In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a tamper frame, comprising upper and lower rails; braces rigidly connecting said rails; guide bars pivotally connected with the lower rail; an upper guide support pivotally connected with said guide support in fixed relation to the lower rail; an upper guide lock mounted to oscillate in the upper guide support; a lower guide block mounted to guide support; a tubular tamper bar adapted to slide in the guide blocks; a cross head connected with the tamper bar and adapted to slide on the guide bars and provided with a projecting plate; means for engaging the plate of said cross-head to raise the tamper bar; spring housed in the tamper bar and effective to impel the tamper bar downward.

14. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a car; two tamper frames mounted to oscillate on axes transverse to the car; means for raising or lowering the tamper frames; means controlling the os- 105 cillation of the tamper frames on their axes; tamper bars mounted to slide in said tamper frames; and means for reciprocating said tamper bars.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, 110 the combination of a car; tamper frames mounted to oscillate on axes transverse to the car; means for raising or lowering the tamper frames; means effective to control the oscillation of the tamper frames on their 115 axes, to incline all the tamper bars 011 one frame in one direction and incline all the tamper bars on the other frame in the re verse direction; tamper bars mounted to es cillate and slide in said tamper frames and 120 positioned to tamp on both sides of the rails; and means for shifting the tamper bars on each frame to incline toward the rails respectively the tamper bars on both sides of each rail.

16. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a car; a rotative wiper shaft transverse to the car; wipers fixed on said wiper shaft; a tamper frame mounted to oscillate on the wiper shaft; tamper bars 130 mounted to slide insaid tamper' frame; and plates connected with said tamper bars and respectively engaged by the wipers on said wiper shaft to raise the tamper bars.

17'. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a car; a rotative wiper shaft transverse to the car; wipers fixed on said wiper shaft; a tamper frame mounted to oscillate on the wiper shaft; tamper bars mounted to slide in the tamper frame; plates connected with the tamper bars and adapted to be respectively engaged by the wipers on said wiper shaft; and springs connected with the tamper bars respectively and effective to impel the tamper barsdownward.

18; In'an apparatus of: the class described, the combination of: a tamper frame, above andtransverseto trackrails; outside cradles and inside cradles mounted thetamper frame; guides on said cradles; tamper bars adapted: to-slide in the guides onsaid cradles; means for oscillating the outside cradles toincline the tamper bars thereon'towardor away from the outer sides of: bothtrack rails; and means for oscillating: the inside cradlestoincline the tamper bars mounted thereon toward or away from the inner sides of both track rails oscillating said cradlesto incline said tamper bars relative to the rails.

1-9. In an apparatusof the class described, the combination of: a tamper frame above and transverse to the track rails; inside cradles oscillative on'the tamper frame above the inner sides ofthe track rails; guides on the tamper frames; tamper bars mounted to slide in; the; guides on the inside cradles; outside: cradlesmounted to oscillate on the tamper frame above the outer sides of the track: rails; guides on: the outside cradles; tamper bars adapted toslide in the guides on the outside cradles; first cradle-shifting means in operative relation to the outside cradles; connecting devices connecting said firstcradle-shifting means with saidoutside cradles; second cradlershifting. means in operatire relation to the inside cradles; and connecting devices connecting said second cradle shifting' means with said inside cradles.

20. In anapparatus of the class described, the combination of a: tamper frame above and transverse to the track rails; pairs of inside cradles mounted to oscillate on the tamper frame above the inner sides of the track rails respectively; connecting devices connecting; the cradles of each pair; guides on said: cradles; tamper bars adapted to slide in the guides on said inside cradles respectively ;pairs of outside cradles mounted to oscillate on: the tamper frame above the outer side of the rails respectively ;1connect-- ing devices connecting the cradles of each pair; guides onsaid cradles; tamper bars.

to oscillate on adapted to -slidein:the-guides on the outside cradles respectively; first cradle-shifting means in operative relation to the outside pairs of cradles; connecting devices connecting said first cradleshifting means with-the outer pairs of cradles respectively; second cradle-shifting means in operative relation to said pairs of connecting devices connecting said second cradle-shifting means with said pairs of inside cradles respectively. .c r

21. In an apparatus of the class described, means effective to utilize a high speed motor to controllably propel the car. at a: relatively slow speed, comprising a car frame; car wheels supporting said frame; a motor mounted on the carframe; a rotative first shaft transverse to the car frame; a relatively small sprocket wheel on the motor shaft; a larger. sprocket. wheel on said-ifirst shaft; a sprocket: chain connecting: said sprocket wheels to-rotaote saidafirstzshaft at slower speed than the motor shaft; a rotative second shaft; and av rotative thirdshaft transverse to the main frame; a: relatively small sprocket wheel on said first shaft; 2. larger sprocket wheel on said second shaft; a sprocket: chain coimecting said sprocket wheels to rotate said second; shaft at slower speed than said first shaft; a third rotative shaft transverse to the main frame; arelatively large sprocket wheel on said third shaft; a smaller sprocket wheel loose on said second shaft; a: clutch. on said second shaft engaging the sprocket wheel on said shaft to cause it to rotate with the shaft; a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket wheelon said second shaft with the sprocket wheel onisaid third shaft to rotatethethird shaft at a. slower speed than said shaft; a.

relatively small sprocket wheel on saidthird shaft; a relatively largesprocketwheel con.- nected wlth one car wheel; and a sprocket chain connecting the smaller sprocket wheel on sa1d third shaft with the sprocket wheel connected with said car wheel, to, rotate the car wheel at a slower speed than said thirdv shaft.

In a tie-tamping machine,. the combination of a motor; first, second, and third,

rotative drive shafts in operative relation.

to the motor; sprocket gears and a chain connecting, the first andsecond drive shafts and adapted torotate the second drive shaft at reduced speed; sprocket wheels loose on: the second and third drive shafts; clutches adapted to engage said loose. sprocket wheels; means for operating the clutches selectively; intermeshing gears adapted to rotate the third drive shaft. in" unison with the second drive shaft; first and second wiper shaftson opposite sides of thesecondand third drive shafts; sprocket gears and;

a chain connecting he-first. wiper; shaft with inside cradles; and

the second drive shaft; sprocket gears and resnere a chain connecting the second Wiper shaft With the third drive shaft; sets of Wipers on the respective Wiper shafts; and tamper bars adapted to be lifted by the Wipers; all co-acting to controllably rotate both sets of Wipers, or either set of Wipers, at a speed slower than the rotative speed of the motor.

23. In a tie tamping machine, the combination of a car adapted to run on a track; tamper frames oscillative on axes transverse to the car; and reciprocable tamper bars mounted on the tamper frames and variably inclinable in the longitudinal direction of the track and also inclinable in directions transverse to the car.

24. A tie tamping' machine comprising a main structure movable in the longitudinal direction of a railway track, and tampers inclinable in the longitudinal direction of the track to tamp on both sides of the ties and inclinable in the transverse direction of the track to tamp on both sides of the rails.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Springfield, Illinois, this 28th day of June, 1913.

GEORGE F. WEISS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH S. THOMPSON, MYRA THOMPSON.

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